The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
First edition | |
| Author | Sue Townsend |
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| Cover artist | Caroline Holden |
| Language | English |
| Series | Adrian Mole series |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Puffin Books / Methuen |
Publication date | 2 August 1984 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 0-413-53130-9 |
| OCLC | 59195255 |
| Preceded by | The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ |
| Followed by | The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole |
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole is an epistolary novel by Sue Townsend. It is the second in the Adrian Mole series. It focuses on the worries and regrets of a teenage aspiring intellectual and, like its predecessor, takes the form of a diary. The story takes place from 1982 to mid-1983. Prominent events in this volume are the breakup and later reconciliation of Adrian and Pandora, Adrian's attempt to run away from home and subsequent breakdown, the birth of his sister Rosie Mole, and Adrian's general worry about his O levels and nuclear war.